That reference to a six-sibling family that includes an Olympic heptathlete speaks to Ackerman’s healthy relationship with Nwaba. It also speaks to his humility.

“I’d probably give it to my sister,” Nwaba admitted, smiling, about Barbara and top athletic billing in his family. “Being a heptathlete, that’s just so many different events. I don’t understand how she did it, how she even got into it. She finished (12th) as the top...

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